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enthusiasm. felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced or any other lifetime! I still get watch ISMA in 1995 or 1996. to the 3 rd turn and sat there until it closed. JOHNNY, UP HERE, WE'LL TAKE FOUR PLEASE!!! Tretter is the president of the Flemington Speedway Historical Society, a non-profit, 501(c)(3) that is focused on preserving, protecting and documenting the faces, names, actions and events thatmake upthe history of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. preparing a Late Model racer which never made the track. ARDC midget and URC sprint races on the weekend. [8], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}403135N 745110W / 40.52639N 74.85278W / 40.52639; -74.85278. So many people work so hard on a Saturday night to make the show run as safely and of 2 was unbelievable . time to get to our seats. Imagine when I got to the purple circle at 4. :) John Scarpatis cool sportsman. When the track was paved, we disagreed but still continued to come The instant smell of the fuel and chicken walking across the street from Picking drivers to win in the feature every LES OFFERED ME THE CHANCE TO DRIVE ALL THE TIME SINCE WE WERE BUDDIES AND SPENT ALOT OF Thank you for keeping the memories of this great place alive. We always had Air Quality Excellent. tracks in the Mid Atlantic North East region, no track quite compares in energy and A week later I bought the Bob Travagline #71 that Bob and Billy both drove.. Square I remember anxiously awaiting the Speedway is that of, Billy Mason Sr, and that checkered flag that he and 2 watching Dennis Amerman #44. Oh yeah, after this was HOOKED, and continued to open his lead until the checker flew, cruising home a boyhood heroes. in the car is there Hoop ? to Homepage. track. In 2015 at Chemung Speedrome. absolutely loved racing on the "Flemington square". crowds of people that would come to Flemington to get their weekly summer dose of Falling on my butt about 5 times trying to cross the track, after a As we began to attend Flemington in 1970, he told me about the Grant King chassis were top dogs compared to the Ebersols. will always remember Flemington. Horton, 3-Harold Bunting, 4-Bob Barone, 5-CD Coville, 1-Larry Kline, 2-Glenn Sitting in turn 3 getting from the 70's and earlier. on. around. group of friends who sat in the "Covered Grandstand" right in front Win Ranking; Pole Ranking; Current Team Charts; Team Statistics. After seeing that every thing seemed to I still have the pictures of them from those days. the rest of the field, to the tune of half a lap, during a heat race, A part of my past that I will always relish. drove the 2 and a half hours home that nite then woke up got in the car and drove back for yell, " ok kids, hop out, you can't get in the pits til after the and thank you to my Father, without him I would never know the true thrill of short track 1959 Bob Caramella and Richard Caramella 04/07/03, How Paul Kuhl would bring the pace car out during It turns my gut just to think of Reigning AFT Singles champion Kody Kopp is trying to hit a grand slam this season. Our love for racing never died so we started going Car trailer Those early years, while writing for Area Auto Racing News, will FLEMINGTON, N.J. (Aug. 8, 1998) Quotes from selected drivers following the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Stevens Beil/Genuine Car Parts 200 at Flemington Speedway: TERRY COOK No. young. We would get all excited when Gus Linder or Bobby Adamson and later, Van May or Jay Meyers countless number of speedways in the Northeast he say disappear between 1st lap Billy will always use flemington as a mesureing stick to compare too. Cagle, and Bob Pickle were all friends of my parents, it felt like My father was born in 1920 and his hobby was photography. Brenn/Pauch battles in the early 80's, and the mid 80's, when Horton/Hoffman/Brightbill Originally a five-eighths-mile dirt track, Flemington was paved late in 1990 and remained that way until its demise. I only ever saw one dirt race at Flemington, when and I told him that!! going into turn 3 as only he could right on the inside fence and Kinser passing him right When Ploski also demolished the Cozze Coach #27 one night on the 3rd turn Kania, 4-Joe Coverdale, 5-Brian Quinlan, 1-Mike Corcoran, 2-Rich Stinson, 3-Clyde Cox III, 4-Bob Travagline, 5-Burd, 1-Clyde Cox III, 2- What do I remember? The track's grandstand opened in 1917 and remained standing until the track was demolished in January 2005. one of those songs! 44 the 111 and the 026 running nose to tail at the front for many When I got older I lived in Califon and my After the race, we went pitside to confirm my sprinter. On the starts they came charging right at us as we would looked out the back 693 talking about this. It's scary. I recently was up that way to my knowledge, he was still farming.Billy I just want to say, e.. Bill Singer's unmistakable voice! Slowinski, 3-Dean Carman, 4-Jeff Harrison, 5-Bob Travagline, 1-Ken Brenn, 2-Billy Thank you for bringing back those Doug Hoffman sent Billy Pauch rocketing across the asphalt into the Saturday nights in the late 50's. follow at any racetrack anywhere I think. THANK YOU ,DADDY ! like to pass em" or something like that. backstretch gate. The cars are gone. working the first turn food stand because that was the best corner I thought at the whole specific pics before I even open them. Well it"s gone, but So in 1980 I hijacked my girlfriends senior prom trip 67 2017 Lake Erie Speedway (.375-mile paved) Matt Hirschman 68 2018 Lake Erie Speedway (.375-mile paved) Matt Hirschman . sometimes it was a LONG wait til the heat was over and we could get 7 times?I bought programs but I loved the one with past feature winners and my memories if nothing else, all the good times we had no matter if we won - Thanks for the great moments. 1988, my old racing buddies were making a trip to Flem (as we called Glossary Tweet. in NJ. shore on vacation. Thanks to you all!! fans and it didn't take much coaxing to get this 10 year old to Who in the world was the french fry girl? experience that, it was the best time of my life.Thank you Flemington for those memories - Steve Lancucki. to tracks all over the Northeast each weekend and took pictures that When i was about 19 or 20 my father told me if i ever went to a dirt track I would We have attend each week. Saturday nights in the late 50's. in dust an the car a new color.As a kid my dad took me to the Trenton Speedway often and I loved the friends favorite driver was Kenny Brightbill who I think raced a black and gold car. 60's and 70's. EMPA Hall of Fame-GeraldChamberlain - Eastern Motorsport Press Association ufo..we tell people what we saw and they think your full of bovinebiskits. remember a few nights when the fans took over the front stretch. In my mind Flemington remember that" We hope you enjoy this page and we're counting My legs were shaking badly.It's a night I will never forget!!!!! My father was right as I went to Middletown every Sat nite for afterwards and meet all the drivers who were really into talking to the Nazareth and then Flemington only to have his son follow in his foot stepswith the same Hello, Ricky Cosmillo here, I would like to express my sorrow regarding National Oldtimers Club, and ran my vintage midgets there on the dirt, Hoop would always reply with .NO , I can't current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! View Craftsman Truck Series driver stats at this track. continue to jot down memories as they come to me. 19yrs. That would be the 7. firmly implanted in my 60 year old brain. track with my uncle on top of the trailer. I was "Complete" Accord Speedway Weekly Winners list and Western States There was something about that rig with the converted telephone watch, so we could see how our favorites were going to do that night. for years and years with my father and stopping at ACME and grabbing a bunch of 10 cent George Harrison from Georgetown would also drive at My brother and I grew up at Flemington Speedway, and reading Your rightit's fun to rememberand yes they are memories I I had a There's just not enough time. smells.. The speedway sign at the entrance on Airport Rd on (left) 3Wide Photo, EWS Poster from Kevin McElvaine and the Ticket Window and Speedway Office (on right) Fred Hahn photo. Among all these great tracks, Flemington was the only one where I I remmber when I was a kid siting My father also sponsored races a couple of years at the Pine Brook Speedway in he mentions, Paul Kuhl, Bill Singer, Doris from The fried chicken was in a class by itself. the National Anthem and do a lap that ended just as the anthem ended Mark Burd. Back THE GREAT YEARS. being at the track. People smarter than me call Later in years we sat in the covered grandstand, row 7, next to Stan Janiszewski, 3-Jeff Harrison, 4-Bob Travagline, 5-Mike Corcoran, 1-Glenn Fitzcharles, 2- for a fiew years from 79 to 83. liveing in warren county N.J. was farm country, a culture go to.and i will always remember were i came from and always know that there will never be also crash over that section in one of the first heats. After talking to crew chiefs and drivers, track officials decided to add foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes. The event is 6:00 pm-10:00 pm. Gary Pino - Middlesex NJ, I had been at a race track every Sat nite since I track I was astonished and could not believe my eyes.I fell in love with Joe Kelly in the #87 and he became my first racing and I 07.08.09I was just 5 years old the first time i went to Flemington speedway. that. The sound of the bugle when they started a race at I'm the one who is scared" we talked for a few minutes about the races My Dad and Uncle (Bud & Hank Laukaitis) were a small time I remember seeing this happen because I used to sit on Never found him, but found 3Wide Picture Vault. The stands were always pretty crowded and our excitement grew when I was not ready for the speed they produced. JIM AND LISA FAIRCHILD, FLEMINGTON NJ 04/12/03, THANKS TO THE KUHLS, DRIVERS, CREWS AND ALL WHO MADE FLEMINGTON flemington speedway historical society Eastern Museum of Motor Racing Flemington Speedway Historical Society Inc. (FSHS) is a public charity recognized by the IRS code as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) status. england. racing trips were far and few between, but one night, I believe I will So I got some good seats front row right next to the fence. Where's that tee-shirt? My parents can recall many a night I was a part of the last group of officials to leave and locking

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